Will third time be the charm for Ted Brown and the College FB Hall of Fame?

Tuesday

May 7, 2013 at 12:01 AM

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This morning at 11:30, the National Football Foundation will announce thd 2013 class of inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame.

There were 77 All-America players on this year’s ballot, 12 of which get into the shrine. The big question, at least when it comes to the ACC, is whether this will be the year former N.C. State running back Ted Brown will finally get his due.

Brown, who played for the Wolfpack from 1975-78, is the only four-time first-team All-ACC selection in league history and still holds the ACC career rushing record with 4,602 yards. He also set the league’s single-game record with 251 yards against Penn State in 1977 and scored 30 touchdowns in his standout career.

This is the third straight year Brown has been a finalist for Hall of Fame consideration. In each of the past two years, he was passed over for a player whose career stats weren’t as good as his.

As deserving as he is, Brown is still a longshot at getting in given some of the more recognizable names among his fellow running backs on the ballot, including SMU’s Eric Dickerson, Penn State’s D.J. Dozier, Wisconsin’s Ron Dayne and TCU’s LaDainian Tomlinson.

Here’s hoping the voters give the most underappreciated player in ACC history the recognition he deserves.

Other former ACC players on this year’s ballot include North Carolina defensive tackle William Fuller, Georgia Tech linebacker Marco Coleman and Virginia defensive back Anthony Poindexter. Finalists that played at current ACC schools, but weren’t in the league at the time include linebacker Jerome Brown and quarterback Vinny Testaverde of Miami, nose guard Mike Ruth of Boston College and linebacker Lucious Sanford of Georgia Tech.

This year’s Hall of Fame class will be honored at an induction ceremony in December.